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Pig production is the systematic rearing of pig breeds on scientifically based management principles for economic benefit. The main objectives of pig production are to provide consumers with pig meat and related products and to generate income for farmers.
Pig production plays a significant role in the livestock industry, providing an important source of protein and other valuable products. The systematic approach to pig rearing ensures that the pigs are healthy and well-cared for, which in turn leads to better quality products and higher yields. The focus on scientific principles and efficient management helps to reduce waste and increase profitability for farmers.
A swine producer who masters the art of good management has excellent profit opportunities. This is especially true with disease prevention and control. A healthy herd of good-growing, quality breeding animals — adequately fed and housed — provides maximum profit opportunities for the owner who does not over-spend for facilities and/or feed.
Steve Pollmann (independent consultant, DSP Consulting) discusses spacing, summer weight loss, castration and feed costs, in this Engormix interview....
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Steve Pollmann (independent consultant, DSP Consulting) discusses housing, weaning age, heat stress and sow mortality rates, among other aspects, in this Engormix interview....
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Introduction The application and distribution of manure on croplands is influenced by the relief and geographical position of farms and the size of the area, being limited to certain times of the year depending on weather conditions (Hodgson et al., 2016; Broetto & Meinerz, 2017). Therefore, until its disposal, manure needs to be kept in a suitable storage structure and to be correctly managed, which requires understanding the basic types of bacteria present in it. According...
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Katherine Vande Pol (University of Illinois) talked about her research on spacing alternatives during gestation and how it impacts the feeding system, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
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Improve survival of young piglets and increase weaning weights with live yeast probiotic
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Mike Tokach (Kansas State University) shared his insights on sow feeds and feeders, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
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Introduction: Food-borne disease caused by Salmonella spp. is an important public health problem. The antimicrobial resistance causes failure of regular therapy and increases the cost of treatment. Salmonella-free carcasses at the slaughterhouse may not happen because there are many stages where workers, liver, intestine, and pig carcasses can be contaminated.Food-borne disease caused by Salmonella spp. is an important public health problem. The antimicrobial resistance causes...
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Introduction: Salmonella is a major food safety hazard applied to one health. Salmonella infection in pig farms may lead to health problems for farm workers, visitors and consumers of farm produce. In this study, prevalence of Salmonella spp. isolated from workers and pigs at farms at Nong-BuaLumphu province, Northeastern of Thailand was determined and antimicrobial susceptibility was assessed. Materials and Methods: A total of 123 samples from workers and...
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Introduction: Clinician and pain researchers agree that there is a need for measures of pain. In pigs, being a species of prey, pain may be concealed and thus difficult to assess. However, identification of pain is necessary to enable its alleviation. Several physiological and behavioural parameters have been used in this respect during the last decades, however with only little success. A useful method must be able to distinguish pain-related changes from behaviours related to...
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Introduction: In swine industry, piglets are tail docked at 3~7days old to prevent tail biting which is not fully understood what reason is. However, in the point of animal welfare, the cutting action is on negative perspective. Because the tail is a key role in communicating each pig and expressing their conditions, and docking practice causes amputation neuroma which is accompanied with pain. The aim of this survey was to examine the length and the diameter of docked...
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Introduction: Fattening of entire male pigs as a consequence of changed legislation results in new challenges for the pork production. With regard to husbandry the question persists whether separate or mixed housing of male and female fatteners is the most appropriate. In this investigation, the effects of different housing regimes on social behavior, performance and boar taint were determined. Materials and Methods: For the field study, 1440 male and female...
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Dosing system to increase feed productivity -AMINOSys® in Brazil
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I have a 40 acre farm in Ghana, West Africa which I am plannig of turning into a PIG production enterprise. I am actively seeking professional recommendations as how to commence the project on a industrial scale. My goal is to have a farm where i will produce and process to the market. These are the areas that i require suggestions: 1. the number of sow that i need to start a successful operation 2. modern design of housing for the pigs 3. the type of breed that will...
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Introduction: The cross-contamination of non-medicated feed with residues of antimicrobials causes a public and animal health concern associated with the potential for selection and dissemination of resistance in commensal and potentially zoonotic bacteria. To identify the extent of the situation, we built a model that provides a way to estimate the percentage of cross-contaminated pig feed in total and per different levels at which cross-contamination may occur (i.e....
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Jay Johnson (USDA) shared insights on heat stress and new technology, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
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Introduction: In situ hybridization (ISH) is a nucleic acid-based method that allows the detection of a particular RNA or DNA sequence within the tissue sections. A novel ISH RNA-based chromogenic technique (RNAScope) describes single-molecule visualization through the use of hybridization-based signal amplification system. These characteristics make this platform a promising diagnostic approach, especially by improving sensitivities issues faced by classical ISH...
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Improve survival of young piglets and increase weaning weights with live yeast probiotic
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Introduction: The use of antibiotic drugs in food producing animals is considered to be a major risk factor for selection of antimicrobial resistance in humans as well as in animals. All antibiotics used in veterinary medicine are closely related to the antibiotics used in human medicine and may induce cross-resistance. Hence, minimizing antibiotic usage and prudent use of antibiotics are two key points to minimize the development of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics...
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Vinicius Chiappetta, Global Commercial Director for Livestock Nutrition and Farm Management at Cargill, talks about the concept of Precision Farming, its benefits, possible obstacles, and how can it be monitored efficiently. He will speak on this subject at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in Amsterdam on October 12th....
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Introduction: Climatic inadequacies may affect welfare and performance of pigs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of running the heating system backwards during the summer with the aim to accomplish a more comfortable indoor climate. Materials and Methods: The study was made in herd with a module stable for fatteners with a natural mechanic ventilation system. Each unit had two pens sized 19.6 m 2 , out of which 5.7...
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Introduction: Weaned piglets suffer many stressors such as sudden change of feed, change of pigs groups and passive protection decrease with ageing. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the inclusion of a free and buffered organic acids blend (OAs) to drinking water (DW) of weaned pigs on performance in presence or absence of medication to control enteric disease. Materials and Methods: One-hundred and forty (140) pigs in a conventional herd...
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Introduction: Benchmarking has been widely practiced worldwide in the swine industry to improve farm management and productivity. Best practice benchmarking is defined as identifying those practices and processes associated with superior efficiency and performance. In the best-practice benchmarking for breeding farms, measurements in high-performing and ordinary farms have been used to provide values of target performance, using the 10th or 25th upper percentile of the...
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Ten research projects have been funded as part of the Swine Health Information Center’s Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program in collaboration with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the Pork Checkoff. Each project is designed to achieve the objectives of cost-effective, innovative solutions for a significant biosecurity gap in U.S. swine production. Institutions receiving awards in this first round of funding are Iowa State University, Carthage Veterinary Service,...
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